rbk mama Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Anyone with a dyslexic kid using AOPS? My 10yoDS will likely finish Singapore 6B before the end of the school year and I'm considering AOPS Algebra. His older brother is enjoying it so far, but this DS has significant dyslexia. I'm concerned that the reading involved may be too much. Anyone with experience here? The other option would be a video program like Teaching Textbooks, but I haven't been impressed with the reviews. He's good at math and enjoys it. Any other options I should consider? Thanks for your thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Math-wise, I think AoPS fits very well with a big-picture/VSL/dyslexic processing style, especially for a kiddo who has strengths in math. A few considerations: what are your student's limitations as far as reading? How independent do you expect your student to be, specifically with reading through the lesson problem solutions - do you plan to walk through them together or have your student do that alone? It seems that at least a few posters have used AoPS with their dyslexic students: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=252624&highlight=dyslexic http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showpost.php?p=3829221&postcount=3 http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showpost.php?p=2869246&postcount=22 Another question is what the optimal sequence for your student might be, whether you might finish up SM through 6B and then move directly to AoPS Intro to Algebra, whether to go through 6B and move to AoPS Prealgebra, or whether to move over from SM to AoPS Prealgebra at some point before the end of 6B (such as after 5B). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I would just read it aloud to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk mama Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Math-wise, I think AoPS fits very well with a big-picture/VSL/dyslexic processing style, especially for a kiddo who has strengths in math. A few considerations: what are your student's limitations as far as reading? How independent do you expect your student to be, specifically with reading through the lesson problem solutions - do you plan to walk through them together or have your student do that alone? It seems that at least a few posters have used AoPS with their dyslexic students: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=252624&highlight=dyslexic http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showpost.php?p=3829221&postcount=3 http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showpost.php?p=2869246&postcount=22 Another question is what the optimal sequence for your student might be, whether you might finish up SM through 6B and then move directly to AoPS Intro to Algebra, whether to go through 6B and move to AoPS Prealgebra, or whether to move over from SM to AoPS Prealgebra at some point before the end of 6B (such as after 5B). Oh, those are great links! Thanks! I tried searching but I guess I'm not very good at it; couldn't find anything. Anyway, that is really helpful. I agree that their methodology really seems well suited to the way his mind works. He is reading fairly well actually; I'm just not sure if the quantity of reading would tire him out. But maybe, as one poster mentioned, the material itself will be motivating. I was thinking about AOPS prealgebra, but since we already have the Singapore books was not convinced it was necessary. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbk mama Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 I would just read it aloud to him. Yeah, I'm not sure I can make the time to do that with several other kids around... but maybe. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Another idea is to have your son read it himself and move at a slower pace if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I read AoPS aloud to my oldest - down to every single problem. As long as I'm doing that, I do every single problem. I have also scribed for years, but just in the past few months, he's beginning to do some writing. He's just about to finish all of the Introductory books. I looked at some video based math, but needed the math to challenge him as he's very gifted at math. My third is even more severely dyslexic. She has just started Beast Academy and loves it. Again, I have to read everything. She is slow to work the problems, but gets the logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I read AoPS aloud to my oldest - down to every single problem. As long as I'm doing that, I do every single problem. I have also scribed for years, but just in the past few months, he's beginning to do some writing. He's just about to finish all of the Introductory books. I looked at some video based math, but needed the math to challenge him as he's very gifted at math. My third is even more severely dyslexic. She has just started Beast Academy and loves it. Again, I have to read everything. She is slow to work the problems, but gets the logic. You are giving you children such a wonderful gift! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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